As tragic as that was in many ways, we should always remember that in the Lower Worlds of Cause and Effect, we reap what we sow.Īccording to Rumi, Shams had a deep knowledge of alchemy astronomy, theology, philosophy and logic, and was a man of learning, wisdom and eloquence.
The karmic repercussion for the Aztec culture was, of course, its destruction at the hands of the Conquistadors many centuries later. He sought to bring light where there was darkness, love where there was fear, and he took on the social, political and religious forces of the Kal force almost single handedly. Whatever the truth behind how his story ended, Quetzalcoatl was a great World Teacher, whose legacy still lives on in legends today. While some legends tell us that having uplifted the people, Quetzalcoatl left the people and sailed away, promising to return one day, other accounts claim that Quetzalcoatl was betrayed and murdered by his best friend, who had sided with the priests.
But his mandates to abolish human sacrifice angered the priests of the dark arts, and they sought to destroy him. Seeking to teach love and tolerance, Quetzalcoatl redirected the people into creative projects and building temples, creating giant figures to inspire them to greatness. When he rose to a position of sufficient power, he decreed that hence forth this practice would be abolished, outlawing these brutal rituals.
Quetzalcoatl sought to stop these practices and to offer instead the sacrifice of the fruit and the flowers on the altars to God.